Local Roundup -- Published Nov. 24, 2012

The Pacific men's water polo team wasn't able to withstand a late charge by UCLA and lost 10-8 in the first round of the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Tournament on Friday in Los Angeles.

The Record

The Pacific men's water polo team wasn't able to withstand a late charge by UCLA and lost 10-8 in the first round of the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Tournament on Friday in Los Angeles.

The No. 7 Tigers (12-11) led nearly the entire match before the No. 2 Bruins (26-3) went on a 3-1 run in the fourth quarter. Pacific will play Pepperdine, which lost to Cal 11-9 on Friday, in a consolation bracket game at 11:30 a.m. today. UCLA moves into the semifinals against the Golden Bears in defense of its tournament title. USC and Stanford also won and will meet in the other semifinal.

Sophomore Alex Obert led the Tigers with four goals, and junior Balazs Erdelyi scored twice. Junior goalkeeper Alex Malkis had 13 saves, including a penalty block.

Josh Samuels and Aimone Barabino led the Bruins with two goals each. Goalkeeper Matt Rapacz had seven saves.

The St. Mary's girls basketball team, which won its fifth consecutive Sac-Joaquin Section championship - and 13th overall - but failed to win it's fourth state title in a row last year, enters the 2012-13 season ranked No. 7 overall in California by Cal-Hi Sports, which released its preseason rankings.

The Rams lost senior forward Courtney Range, who transferred to Manteca High, but still have standouts in Unique Coleman, Charise Holloway, Bre Moore and freshman Angel Johnson, who Cal-Hi Sports calls potentially one of the best ninth-graders in the state.

At Tracy, DeAndre Thompson led the Wolf Pack (1-0) with 24 points and Michael Young had 15 in a season-opening victory. Eddie Nelson led Chavez (0-1) with 24.

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